"Hi! I send my kids to Whittier, and I love it. The Principle, Cindy Bazner, has done some amazing work with this school. I remember in the beginning trying to get all my kids transferred to Bandalier because I had heard bad things,…"

The Pressure CookerIn today’s partisan climate there are tremendous forces of pressure being applied to all of our political leaders. In New Mexico, we need leadership that demonstrates grace under fire. Important progressive issues of Education, Labor, Women’s Health, Immigration and Marriage Equality cannot be solved with vitriolic speech but with decorum and determination.Grace Under PressureOn March 17, 2010 I learned what it took to have grace under pressure. I was being interviewed for…See More

"Cheryl, thank you for responding to Lebowski. You did so with much kinder and gentler words than I could have mustered. We all deal with loss, every one of us, It is how we treat one another in life that really matters, and the support…"

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In today’s partisan climate there are tremendous forces of pressure being applied to all of our political leaders. In New Mexico, we need leadership that demonstrates grace under fire. Important progressive issues of Education, Labor, Women’s Health, Immigration and Marriage Equality cannot be solved with vitriolic speech but with decorum and determination.

Good morning, peeps. I suppose for most of you out there it is back to the grind today. Grab a cup of coffee, like me (today drinking some Joe from Trader Joe's, damn good brew for a very reasonable $3.49 a can). Let's get to the uber depressing haps...It's Parenting Fail Monday!!!

As I write this is it about 3:15 in the morning and I have not gone to bed yet, but I did celebrate the new year in the company of friends, indulging in champagne at midnight and some fan-friggin-tastic ritualistic shots of brandy with sugar and coffee coated limes (it was pretty fun) and giving the kids sparkling cider and letting them crash wherever they fell. Scanning the news channels is pretty uneventful this morning.
However, KRQE did have… Continue

Before I get to the haps, I would be remiss not to mention that this is the last day of the year, and the last day of the decade, as well. I began this decade as the mother of a toddler, pregnant with my second child, and am wrapping it up with four great kids. I began this decade living in St. Louis, and am ending it back home in Albuquerque. When I started this decade I was hoping to go to law school, and I still am (admittedly much closer to my… Continue

What do you get when you buy a new washing machine? A dead dryer, that's what. Yes, I went to switch loads earlier and thought, "huh, I thought I started the dryer." Turned it on again and came back later to cold, wet clothes. Bummer. Anyone out there know anyone good at fixing things that are large and run on electrical power? I need help!
Wow. I want a job with the…Continue